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Mandarin is taught as part of the school's bilingual program. The school is the first and only NSW school to receive approval from the NSW Education Standards Authority to deliver half the curriculum in Mandarin. Mandarin is delivered within the Languages (Mandarin) Key Learning Area. English is taught as a core subject within the NSW curriculum.
The school uses a bilingual immersion approach, teaching some Key Learning Areas in Mandarin. Students spend approximately 50% of the week in English and 50% in Mandarin. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is used to deliver these bilingual lessons. This approach integrates Mandarin across the curriculum to prepare students for a 21st‑century world with a closer China–Australia relationship.
Immersion programs use CLIL to deliver subject content in Mandarin. Students spend about half their week in English and half in Mandarin. Mandarin is delivered in selected Key Learning Areas rather than a single subject. The program is designed to prepare students for life in a global context where the Australia–China relationship plays an increasingly important role.
International Chinese School is a bilingual K–6 Anglican primary in New South Wales, delivering half the NSW curriculum in Mandarin through CLIL. The school teaches in English and Mandarin, with Years 1–6 instructed by a specialist music teacher and access to private lessons and growing co‑curricular programs. It follows the Australian Curriculum within the NSW Key Learning Areas, from Early Stage 1 to Stage 3, with Mandarin as a core Languages strand. The school opened in 2015 with a Kindergarten cohort and expanded to Year 6 by 2022; it relocated in 2021 to 211 Pacific Highway, St Leonards. Adjacent to Gore Hill Oval, it offers an all‑weather synthetic grass surface and an external provider for weekly sport, plus swimming and gymnastics. Three sporting Houses, chess, and Hello Mandarin activities, together with cultural and language events, support a vibrant community focused on service, partnership with parents, and leadership development and values globally.
